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Like an insect!

My estimation of cladding completion might be correct after all. :) Good progress from this side of the buildings.

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Any idea as to when this will top out?

Sorry for the poor quality and size, but here is a picture cropped from a distance of Emirates Park Towers.

Emirates Park Towers 29/January/2010

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07/February/2010

Emirates Park Towers

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Finally the little floors are being built. :)

Cladding progress is going well. :)

yes not much to go

great progress. must be nearly topped out.
ta imre

how many meters?

Spire still missing !

But yes, cladding progress ist awesome !

08/February/2010


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i think this is approx status?

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^^
well, to me it looks taller than 316m, but maybe i am wrong.

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Crisis is Dubai ??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Its the most exciting place on earth!

Crisis is Dubai ??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Its the most exciting place on earth!

:cheers:

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Nice update. Thank you

^^ Work progresses really well at the top.

Almost topped out ... :okay:

Its imo amazing that the emiratis didn't go for the worlds highest twin towers with these, the Petronas have a roof height of 378m and a total height of 452m, so add a few more floors and a larger antenna and voila.

22/February/2010

Emirates Park Towers

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Nice work with these twins, but it looks like there still isn't any work going with The Skyscraper plot.:ohno:

WOW!

Nice work with these twins, but it looks like there still isn't any work going with The Skyscraper plot.:ohno:

Hopefully they will start soon :)

Amazing........

02/March/2010

Emirates Park Towers

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^^ For the first time, one perspective (the one of the right tower) shows the setbacks of the top like in the renders. So the roof could be at full height now, with the two prisms and the spires above yet to come.:)

Imre, nice new angles!! Love the shot of the Emirates from the edge. Can't wait to see the crowns!

http://i46.tinypic.com/2q09d10.jpg
Click here for large version Emirates Park Towers (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/forum/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m)

Great pic 234, looks like the podium is progressing well and so is the tower! Lots of work to do however, I don't expect these to finish before 2012.

^^Totally AGREE !!!

Looks NICE though:)

Great pic 234, looks like the podium is progressing well and so is the tower! Lots of work to do however, I don't expect these to finish before 2012.

why?? its pretty fast and could be done by early 2011 IMO...:dunno:

Here are some pics of Emirates Park Towers from today. I apologize that the quality is terrible. I took them with an iPhone and not my camera. Hope you enjoy.

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these towers are amazing :)

Almost T/O i think :) .

^^ Almost. The spires remain to be added to the towers. :)

why?? its pretty fast and could be done by early 2011 IMO...:dunno:

It's maybe fully cladded early 2011. Finishing two towers of that size will take at least another year.

After Burj this is one of the few projects remaining that excite me in Dubai, very nice towers!

Yeah, inside takes forever...iPhone....just picked up a 3g 8gb....love it!
Back to topic....the pics aren't too bad considering they are from a camera inside a phone.

^^ Almost. The spires remain to be added to the towers. :)

when?

can anybody get an update? i love these towers!

Update of Emirates Park Towers 04/03/10 (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/forum/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m)

After its completion, it will be the highest residential tower as well as the highest hotel tower.......

^^ Highest residential or hotel tower? Are these twins strongly seperated into one hotel tower and one apartment tower? Otherwise it's mixed-use, and there's of course Burj Khalifa, containing both Armani Hotel and lots of resi apartments.:)

^^ Highest residential or hotel tower? Are these twins strongly seperated into one hotel tower and one apartment tower? Otherwise it's mixed-use, and there's of course Burj Khalifa, containing both Armani Hotel and lots of resi apartments.:)

one is residential & the other is hotel tower.......

^^ We never heard anything about being residential. Serviced Hotel Apartments maybe but pure residential no.

^^ We never heard anything about being residential. Serviced Hotel Apartments maybe but pure residential no.

Sorry, both towers will be hotel towers & after completion it will be the tallest hotel building in the world surpassing the current "Rose Tower".....

Update of Emirates Park Towers 04/03/10 (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/forum/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m)

Sale why are you trying to lure is to this Skyscraperlist site? Why can't you just post the pictures here?

Pics from skyscraperlist.com linked by 234 sale;

3 March:

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16 March
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Click here for the 18th March 2010 Update (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/forum/showthread.php?34)

http://i44.tinypic.com/14t0evd.jpg (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34)
^^ Click it for more images from 5th April 2010

TY :)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2egfo7o.jpg (http://gigapan.org/gigapans/46341/)
^^ Click me to pano it.

Also in this as well

http://www.zawya.com/pr/images/ParkTowerstoppingoutceremony_2010_04_06.jpg
Construction of the AED 1.8 billion Emirates Park Towers development, a 1,612 room twin-tower hotel and apartment property, remains firmly on track, after the project reached a major milestone today.

To celebrate the continued progress of the construction programme, the development team hosted a 'topping out' ceremony to mark the casting of the final rooftop concrete. Emirates Airline and Group will be ready to hand over the South Tower to Marriott International, the leading multi-brand hotel management company, as scheduled in May 2011. The adjoining North Tower will be handed over in 2013. Once completed, the twin towers will stand at a neck-craning 365 metres tall, making them among the tallest single use hotel and residential apartment buildings in the world. The hotel complex has been designed by Archgroup International which has previously worked with Emirates Airline on other projects.

Commenting on the progress of the development, Ali Mubarak Al Soori, Executive Vice President, Chairman's Office, Facilities/Projects Management and P&L (NA) at Emirates, said: "Emirates Park Towers will be an iconic and dramatic addition to the ever-changing skyline of this exciting city."

He added: "The construction process has followed the very highest international standards and specifications. Despite the challenges the real estate sector faces following the recent global financial crisis, there will always be a demand for the very best quality space, in the best buildings in the best locations."

Currently being built on Sheikh Zayed Road, adjacent to Dubai's emerging Business Bay district and close to the Burj Khalifa, Emirates Park Towers is set to become one of the leading luxury business and tourist hotels in Dubai.

In May 2009, Emirates announced an agreement with Marriott who will operate one of its top-of-the-line JW Marriott Marquis luxury hotels on site, offering some of the largest guest rooms available in Dubai.

Facilities in the new hotel will include 18 food and beverage outlets, an extensive business centre, conference halls and meeting rooms, a banquet hall, a 3,700 square metre spa and health club - one of the largest in the region - as well as retail outlets, a swimming pool and a gymnasium.

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZA...0takes%20shape

so does everyone think the towers are approx 330m high atm?
also is new spire height now 365m?
ill update diagram tommorrow
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4341488265_3d6e4b64ff_o.jpg
btw,its approx 80 floors in height atm,. if each floor= 4m, then you have 320m.

Every year they cut down few meters!!
Now this is not very disappointing .

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/46906/

Sorry I have been busy. ^^ check the link out

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/46906/

Sorry I have been busy. ^^ check the link out
^^ Link works, but the pano is all black there... :cripes:

Edit: pano visible now, thanks :)

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/46906/

Sorry I have been busy. ^^ check the link out

We can't see your photo on the site, it's a black out on it !

I miss imres pics so much. when will he be back ? :goodnight

I miss imres pics so much. when will he be back ? :goodnight

He is on holidays for one week now ! Next week, we would have new photographs.

I miss imres pics so much. when will he be back ? :goodnight

yeah, without Imre, SSC became a boring forum...:ohno:

wow. information through images. great forum.. great images :)

Thanks for the pics King of Construction :)

17/April/2010

Emirates Park Towers

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So didnt they announce the new height as 365?!
Or it wasnt accurate at that news article couple of weeks ago!

Wow, quite a bizarre structure on top. I guess these highest 'fins' are the highest as in the renders, so only the spire will follow on top.

Yeah, but very cool! These two towers are sure going to stand out in the crowd. Wonder how much one of those fins weighs?

Great towers! I have a question... Why are they painting the concrete black? I see it at more towers in Dubai (maybe other cities too) Is the paint a protection layer or something? :D

Wow, quite a bizarre structure on top. ...Bizarre is the word... makes me think of dark forces like the first Nazgul in Lord of the Rings (http://michaeljasper.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/nazgul5oc.jpg) :devil:;) On the renders, this roof section appeares much lighter and more transperent than this. Might look better when cladded though.

... I guess these highest 'fins' are the highest as in the renders, so only the spire will follow on top.Maybe you're right, but the crown doesn't look the same to me as proposed, e.g. these three "thorns" to each side, and there's only one big setback. Perhaps these changes could give a reduced height of 365m?

http://i40.tinypic.com/2ivmds6.jpg (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34)

^^ Apparently the bases for the "diamonds" have been made on top. What material will be used for these? Steel or aluminium? If so, concrete structure would've topped out now.

25/April/2010

Emirates Park Towers

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25/April/2010

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25/April/2010

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Very Cool !!!! Hollywood is going to want to film some Action Movies from the top of these Towers.

Yeah. They could do a nice action movie on them :D

The exterior reminds me of the Jin Mao building. These are definetly some of Dubai's best towers. Can't wait to see them complete.

So many interesting details on this tower. Love the crown by-the-way.

I just love these twins!

but I cant see this crown in the render?!! did they modify the design?

http://i43.tinypic.com/zl82lk.jpg (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/48275/)

^^ Click it to Zoom in

Very Cool !!!! Hollywood is going to want to film some Action Movies from the top of these Towers.

A few years down the road, I can easily see Dubai becoming a haven for Sci-Fi films due to its futuristic looking skyline.

^^I wonder when Dubai will get destroyed in a movie, I mean New York and Los Angeles has been destroyed enough times.:)

But seriously, these towers are looking awesome:nuts:

^^I wonder when Dubai will get destroyed in a movie, I mean New York and Los Angeles has been destroyed enough times.:)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3506/4558420026_f36db25dd6.jpg

Lol nice one

diagram update.
i think im getting close with heigths
this is going off that each floor=4m.
roof is approx 300m. the top section equals about 6 typ floors.
im guessing mast will be about 40m high to reach 365m.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/4558648247_db530a2be7_b.jpg

^^I wonder when Dubai will get destroyed in a movie, I mean New York and Los Angeles has been destroyed enough times.:)

But seriously, these towers are looking awesome:nuts:

Something similar has been done, although not in a real movie just yet - check out the trailer for this video game...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9B3rFYx_Sg

03/May/2010

Emirates Park Towers

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Creative, elegant, eye catching, many words to describe how great those twins are

these twins are an awesome additon to dubai

Stunning project. Should be branded Four Seasons instead of Marriott Marquis.

these twins are an awesome additon to dubai

Agreed, but I want to see the twins next to them u/c again as well. The twins I am refering to are the Tiara United Towers. Two sets of twins next to each other will be interesting. I guess they intended to pull a Chongqing move on us.

21 May 2010

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Nice pics....

Agreed, but I want to see the twins next to them u/c again as well. The twins I am refering to are the Tiara United Towers. Two sets of twins next to each other will be interesting. I guess they intended to pull a Chongqing move on us.

Word is they will re-start soon, and some scafolding erected around the top beams in one of the towers, shows that it might be true and eminent indeed.

Stunning project. Should be branded Four Seasons instead of Marriott Marquis.

Four Seasons is elsewhere in Dubai, in Festival City, opposite side of the Creek from the D1 tower ... and no money to actually build it.

Word is they will re-start soon, and some scafolding erected around the top beams in one of the towers, shows that it might be true and eminent indeed.

really? that's great! thanks for the info AltinD :banana:

^^ The info about re-starting soon was posted by 2 different persons on the UAE forum, the scaffolding I saw it myself ... though I've never seen anybody around. It's like the scaffoldings were placed by themselves, lol.

^^ The info about re-starting soon was posted by 2 different persons on the UAE forum, the scaffolding I saw it myself ... though I've never seen anybody around. It's like the scaffoldings were placed by themselves, lol.

Haha. I dunno. I didn't see anyone there on Friday either. I'll get some pics next weekend.

29 May 2010

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Great update!

So the height is back to 376m?!!

04 June 2010

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thanks for the update, the more cladding they put up the more i like this building!

04 June 2010

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10/July/2010

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10/July/2010

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^^ Great progress on the cladding, amazing building!

I just love the design of these towers, the cladding is moving along nicely, cant wait until all of that black concrete is gone :) THanks for the update imre

^^Nice pics......:okay:



What is its completion date???

^^ end of the year?

When are they going to be putting the spires up?

^^ end of the year?

When are they going to be putting the spires up?

^^ I think maybe end of next year. Lots of stuff to do on the top, the inside and the podium!

^^ Especially the inside. ;)

Some article published months ago when it was announced that the management will be of MARRIOTT, stated that one of the hotel towers will open in 2011 (I think that's what it said but it might be unlikely) while the other one will follow 1 or 2 years later.

Just the spire missing for it to be T/O

^^ Especially the inside. ;)

Some article published months ago when it was announced that the management will be of MARRIOTT, stated that one of the hotel towers will open in 2011 (I think that's what it said but it might be unlikely) while the other one will follow 1 or 2 years later.

maybe it could happen, If they already anounced the hotel who will take over then they will take care of their interior work. that means they can finish it when ever they want as long as everything else is ready

^^ Excellent design

29 May 2010

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5928/dsc0073n.jpg (http://img690.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0073n.jpg)

excellent shot...:cheers:

^^ I think maybe end of next year. Lots of stuff to do on the top, the inside and the podium!Agree... but all the work on the inside or the podium doesn't impede the construction of the very top, does it? And the roofs appear as if the octahedrons and spires could be added anytime. Would be fine if this was done soon: I'm sure that the top of the EPTs will look more beautiful with them!

16/July/2010

Emirates Park Towers

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great update...nice twin tower

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http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m
Many more here^^

^^ when will they build the crown?? :bash:

Good progress on the cladding!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4870554482_b8a01914fe_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52871199@N08/4870554482/sizes/l/in/photostream/

nice towers

a huge building is build in a very harsh way,Salute to the engineers!

14 Aug 2010

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Six weeks without update for such outstanding twin towers?
Guess the reason is the slow pace: there're only some bits of new cladding, in relation to the long time.
After all the connecting podium is slowly taking shape (and you see a few building workers there :)).

29/Septermber/2010 by 234sale at skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/)

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02 Oct 2010

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wow!! the cladding looks perfect :cheers:

hm yeah cladding looks good but i wish to see some progress on the top section... let's hope the works on the podium will be finished soon.

hm yeah cladding looks good but i wish to see some progress on the top section... let's hope the works on the podium will be finished soon.

spires are the problem all across dubai so it will take time here also IMO

This is the time when we should worry if there is any redesigning and the top section might be gone!
Lets hope not

Already Value Engineered according to Multiplex Source.

Spires have gone / srunk.. Like the Islamic BAnk Finnancial Towers

These towers will still look great without the spires if they go that route. I'd rather no spires than puny ones like HHHR Tower.

But let's hope that these "crowns of thorns" won't make the top (or, to be more precise, those light-coloured top pieces that might be useless now)... the size of the cranes would allow to carry up another features to the top, like those octaeders from the rendering.

And if Emirate Park Towers should be cropped to the actual 320-330m, the tops should appear differently after full cladding at least - I don't like the as-is state there, which doesn't fit to the elegant rest of the buildings.

^^ okay... all in all I like it really. Especially on a nightview like the following, taken by 234sale from the top of Ubora Towers.
It's fun to navigate through his zoomable panorama on gigapan.org (http://gigapan.org/gigapans/60710/), from which I took this screenshot picture.
Seems there's more inside work done in the right tower:

02/October/2010 by 234sale:

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^^ wow they are going to look great at night, i just hope that they are still going to add the spires on.

the illuminated one (right side) is the hotel tower, isn't it?

So its confirmed that no spire on this one?
man, emoris already posted these towes at 376!
Thats gonna be sad to change now

So is it confirm no spire?

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More here..
http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m/page4


As I posted last month, redesign has happend,, welcome to the days of value engineering........

Thnx! Good progress on the cladding and looks like there's going to be a spire since the cranes have increased in height even further.

25/October/2010 by 234sale:

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Actually I don't think the cranes' height have increased since mid-April, comparing e.g. with a
pic on April, 24th by 234sale (http://i40.tinypic.com/2ivmds6.jpg).
But from then on, there has been that height gap between cranes and rooftop, that should be big enough to built at least the lowest spire part - the octaeder... the thin part could be jacked up as well, I guess.

But I'll keep my fingers crossed that you're optimism is right, Dennis!:)

Actually I don't think the cranes' height have increased since mid-April, comparing e.g. with a
pic on April, 24th by 234sale (http://i40.tinypic.com/2ivmds6.jpg).
But from then on, there has been that height gap between cranes and rooftop, that should be big enough to built at least the lowest spire part - the octaeder... the thin part could be jacked up as well, I guess.

But I'll keep my fingers crossed that you're optimism is right, Dennis!:)

Hmm you're definately right. Well we'll see, indeed.... :)

sorry guys, but the cranes haven't increased in height.

234sale, i hope you don't mind, i had to cut your pictures...

http://img3.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/087trgx2m7hw.jpg (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net)

but its obvious that they started with the spire part!

^^ Obvious? From the pix I don't see something happening at the very top.

And as for the cranes comparison: the difference is the vanished jack at the right crane - a clear sign that this one won't go any higher.

^^ Exactly... I think this tower is in a kind of "On Hold"... I can see only progress in the facade (and probably in the interiors) but not in the top...

I think the towers look great as is. There's no need for long skinny spires on top.

Well, if you want the top to look like a nice crown feature, then you need at least a short fat spire to complete the good picture.....

Not going to happen as it adds no value, look at the Islamic Bank Finnancial Towers, same redesign...

So you're saying there are not gonna be any spires? Or am I misunderstanding you.

Well, if you want the top to look like a nice crown feature, then you need at least a short fat spire to complete the good picture.....

A shorter, fatter spire wouldn't be bad. But as 234sale said it probably wouldn't add any value. Other than extra height. But if the spire were illuminated it would make the towers stand out and drive peoples attention to it.

Do we know what the height is without the spires? I think Culwalla's diagrams put it around 1,066 feet/325 meters.

Whats with Dubai taking spires out at the last minute? It completes the design and with out it, to me it looks incomplete.
Especially when we've been looking at the render for the past years in anticipation for the final look. Is this saving any money or something? Whats the advantage? Is a short fat spire really any cheaper than the original spire.
Islamic bank towers look hideous now.

those towers will be gorgeous :)

surely the spires will be placed on?
ive worked out current height for past 6months has been 325m.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1215/5144342146_1e6f0dbc04_b.jpg

So we are back to 365m?!

unless the very top part of the antena is 11 m taller , which is the difference in what Culwulla is showing in his diagram.

23 November 2010

by saharsh
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What's going on ? It's Cloud or Ash or Smog .... In fact I don't think this can be smog but it's just to support my question! (;

cumulus nimbus congesti is the proper term for this cloud if I rember right from my metrology classes. these things easily get 5-6km tall. a couple of days ago one of those caused rain over Yaz island in abu dhabi.

... yes, and I guess with intensified colors and contrast or some filters from the graphical software, the sky looks more dramatic here on this photo than it was in reality. :)

Spire alarm? No, certainly these are only the temporary flags for National Day on top. More important: facade work is visibly going on.:cheer:

06/December/2010 by 234sale on skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m/page4):

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According to 432Sale the spires are being added now
link:http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m/page5

According to 432Sale the spires are being added now
link:http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m/page5Yes - finally! This was overdue... :cheers:

15/December/2010 by 234sale (this way round ;)):

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yesssssss :cheers2:
now when are these things gonna be done? thats my question

^now. will onyl take couple fo days

I hate the spires. They are far too thin. Reminds me of HHHR Tower's.

I hate the spires. They are far too thin. Reminds me of HHHR Tower's.Better than nothing - especially if they add the octoganal "diamonds" around the lower parts later, as shown on the renderings (I really hope they'll do).

Better than nothing - especially if they add the octoganal "diamonds" around the lower parts later, as shown on the renderings (I really hope they'll do).

I'd prefer nothing. I like the tops without them.

oh my god, i already thought we wouldn't see them ever. it feels damn good to be wrong :lol:

Love the cladding, love the terraces, love the crown. Awesome.

Wow, these are fucking ugly. :ohno:

Wow, these are fucking ugly. :ohno:

I wouldn't jump to conclusions; these towers aren't even topped out yet.:bash:

Disapointing spire but at least it's something

I like those towers very much. They're one of my favourite Dubai construction however I think they'd be better without any spires... bah! I wouldn't call these spires. If those are spires, why don't call Sears Tower antennas spires ?

Beautiful towers! :cheers2:
When is it ready?

... bah! I wouldn't call these spires. ...
That's surely only the first spire segment we see in posting #668, not one whole spire. And it looks like 1-2m in diameter to me - it's not a tiny "no-spire" like the almost invisible flag pole to the left, for comparison.

... If those are spires, why don't call Sears Tower antennas spires ?Spires are basic elements of the design, antennae only added for transmission purposes.

^now. will onyl take couple fo days

what what about the interiors and cladding on the crown?

As of today, the spire is 4 times higher then what shown on the latest picture. No (spire) progress on the other tower.

^^
thanks for the info :) any sign of the 'diamond' yet?

^^ As by midday, no.

Hope it'll live up to the renders

I saw rectangular platforms got installed on the spire. looked very much like the middle plain of the diamonds according to the renders.

Now I'm dieing to see some images. I'm pretty sure one of the towers is T/O'd by now.

I saw rectangular platforms got installed on the spire. looked very much like the middle plain of the diamonds according to the renders.

Did you happen to get pictures PrincessTower?

I can't wait for pictures, we have been waiting so long to see the spires rise and now finally they are being built, that's really a nice christmas present :)

That was a simple scaffolding platform, actually there are two of them.

The spire on the South tower looks pretty much done, I think the diamond part has been removed from the design long time back cause it seams wasn't in the render on the project board, just some kind of small platform like on the very top.

The spire on the North tower has started as well. :cheers:

Nice im glad their doing the spires

... I think the diamond part has been removed from the design long time back cause it seams wasn't in the render on the project board, just some kind of small platform like on the very top. ...On this pic by Imre from 30 Jan 2007 (http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6503/photo016rs9.jpg), the "diamonds" are on the project board. So has the board been changed meanwhile?

^^ Actually I was referring to an older design that had them somewhere in the middle.

On this photo it looks as if the Diamond-Like stuff is going ahead.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5318171575_3f28980c1a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/granbastone/5318171575/

@dubaiiscool great photo

i thought spires are not considered in the choice if a building is UC or TO. So wouldnt it be topped out because the spire works started?

Amazing shot men!!!

No doubt...nice shot indeed!!

@dubaiiscool great photo

Amazing shot men!!!

No doubt...nice shot indeed!!

I didn't take the photo. :lol: I saw it on Flickr and decided to post it here so you guys should compliment Granbastone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/granbastone/) who took it.:)

^^ well we thank you for bringing it here on the forum cheers :cheers:

Hey - more spire parts are up, making the spire look about 4x as tall as on the previous pic! :)
The upper half is way thinner than the rest.

Is it topped out? Probably: I doubt the crane could put one more segment without being jacked up.
No problem for this crane - but the other one has lost its self-erecting jack months ago.
So the second tower would remain spireless then.

And the diamond feature? No incident - actually the straight scaffolding tells the opposite, IMO.

04 January 2011 by 234sale from www.skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m/page5):

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Hey - more spire parts are up, making the spire look about 4x as tall as on the previous pic! :)
The upper half is way thinner than the rest.

Is it topped out? Probably: I doubt the crane could put one more segment without being jacked up.

No problem for this crane - but the other one has lost its self-erecting jack months ago.
So the second tower would remain spireless then.



*cough*

The spire on the South tower looks pretty much done

...

The spire on the North tower has started as well. :cheers:

^^ Alright... so topped out and twin spires of course!
Had totally forgotten your info about North Tower. :hammer:

The actual scafolding around the spire means absolutely nothing on regard to the prospect of the diamond at the base. After the spire itself is fully completed, they can remove the scafolding and go ahead with the 'diamond'.

The 2nd tower's spire has increased in height as well, to what I think would be the 1/3 of the total.

The 2nd tower's spire has increased in height as well, to what I think would be the 1/3 of the total.Here's the North Tower

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All 02 January 2011 by 234sale:

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South Tower closeup...
looks to me as if the lightning rod has finished the spire, so first of Emirates Park Towers would be T/O:

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North Tower closeup:

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7th Jan

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Great shots....:okay:

Sweet! Glad they are getting the spires done.

If you look close at SkyscraperCityMan's first picture you can see work is restarting on Bay Gate 240 meters 53 floors!!! I can't find it's thread however in the World Forum section.

Half of the top thinner part of the spire on the North Tower is up, so you can say now it is as tall as the part till where the scaffolding stands on the latest picture of the South tower.

BTW, the scaffolding there is going down and only 1/4 of the spire is currently wrapped with it (South Tower).

The 2nd spire also done, topped out!

so we have a 2x T/O :banana:

The 2nd spire also done, topped out!

That gives Dubai 13 x 1,000 foot skyscrapers. More than the next two cities with the most, Hong Kong (7) and Chicago (5) combined. Amazing!

^^

That number will climb real soon. The Torch looks like it's pratically T/O too.

Dont forget the 23 Marina and the infinity tower which wont take longer than this year to T/O. Beside the princess which might join them in few months !!

Here it is broiled down: there are 23 supertalls under construction or built in Dubai right now. After that New York has 9 u/c or built, Hong Kong has 7 built and Chicago has 6 built. Combine all three and you still haven't matched Dubai in supertalls. :)

wow

sorry for the bad picture quality taken from 20km away...

24-jan
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Cool photo :) (http://www.emiratesparktowers.com)

25-jan
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from an esthetical point of view the spires look so so so wrong. Since they removed the scaffolding from on of the spires, i suppose they will leave em just like that, 2 50m tall toothpicks ontop of 2 supertalls. meh, maybe theese ones would look better without them.

from an esthetical point of view the spires look so so so wrong. Since they removed the scaffolding from on of the spires, i suppose they will leave em just like that, 2 50m tall toothpicks ontop of 2 supertalls. meh, maybe theese ones would look better without them.

Very true, the "toothpicks" are just for statistics and record lists, one should find a better way to measure the building heights so that we don't have to see so many of those ridiculous "spires"

edit: apart from this two great buildings!

http://i52.tinypic.com/skuzbn.jpg

^^ Anyone spot the plane...

Nice Pic's Princess Tower, good to meet you..

...
edit: apart from this two great buildings!Yes... and as the crowns finally get clad, they might look better and less weird.

^^ Anyone spot the plane...



Bottom right of the crane as soon as you can see the sky. :)

Nice pics...:okay:

yet there is the spire crystal missing

Amazing shot!!

28/January/2011

Emirates Park Towers

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The 'diamonds' at the base of the spires are comming :banana:

really? that's great! thanks a lot for the information! :banana::banana::banana:

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Nice pics...:okay:

Welcome back Imre.

Welcome back Imre.

:cheers:

04/February/2011

Emirates Park Towers

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17/February/2011

from the Burj Khalifa

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17/February/2011

from the Burj Khalifa

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It looks like the frame of one of the diamonds is done.

I also like the Jumeirah/Marina skyline in the background. It's a bit like there are two seperate cities.

^^ Well, Sharjah skyline is at the same distance, if not closer

I think Dubai became a huge city with 50 km long landscape, a concept of one city one state.
Maybe its not a bad idea to divide it down to few cities which can improve some infrastructures and better distribution for over all services. Let me suggest marina city, jebel Ali city, sport city, Jumairah city, Dubai city, and probably Northern Dubai beyond the creek.

Cladding has partially reached top floor. Nice that the octaeder feature is getting built on top, though it's more or less hidden when seen from right below. The spires itself look okay to me - yet clearly visible in the sunlight, but far away from cheating oversize.

19/February/2011 by 234sale from skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?34-EMIRATES-PARK-TOWERS-HOTEL-SPA-2-X-77F-Hotel-376m/page5)

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yep they're almost done :)

08 March 2011 by 234sale
http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?p=3101&page=5#post3101

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^^ Welcome, "diamonds".:) They make the crown more impressive (though I'm not sure if the roof elements work together in the end), while the spires appear smaller above.

Nice progress on the roof feature, thanks to 234sale for taking the pictures and kanye for posting them. Soon Dubai will have another two finished supertalls.

Nice design!